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Film and Screen Arts

Unit of study table

Master of Film and Screen Arts

Students must complete 72 credit points, including:
(a) 30 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 30 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) 12 credit points of capstone units of study; and
(d) a maximum of 6 credit points elective units of study.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units

CAMI5001
Narrative Elements
6 C CAMI5002
CAMI5002
Moving Image Production
6 C CAMI5001
CAMI5003
Screen and Sound Strategies
6 C CAMI5004
CAMI5004
Moving Image Post-production
6 C CAMI5003
CAMI5005
History and Theory of Screen
6  

Selective units

CAEL5029
Sound Design for Film and Digital Media
6  
CAEL5043
Screenwriting and Directing
6  
CAEL5044
The Moving Camera
6  
CAEL5051
Mixed Reality Production
6  
CAEL5052
The Art of Documentary
6  
CAMA6004
Praxis: Industry Placement
6 P (CAMI5001 and CAMI5002 and CAMI5003 and CAMI5004 and CAMI5005) or (CACA5002 and CACA5003)
N CAMA6001 or CAMA6003 or CAMA6005
MFDI9303
Digital Effects for Film and Video
6  
MFDI9313
Digital Editing for Film and Video
6  
MFDI9333
Experimental Film
6  

Capstone units

CAMA6002
Final Project
6 P CAMI5001 and CAMI5002 and CAMI5003 and CAMI5004 and CAMI5005
CAMA6003
Praxis: Professional Project
6 P (CAMI5001 and CAMI5002 and CAMI5003 and CAMI5004 and CAMI5005) or (CACA5002 and CACA5003)
N CAMA6001 or CAMA6004 or CAMA6005

Elective units

ARHT6960
Contemporary Approaches to Curating
6 N CAEL5032
ARHT6964
Art and the Moving Image
6  
ARIN6903
Digital Media and Society
6  
ARIN6904
Games and Mixed Realities
6
ASNS6905
Asian Popular Culture
6  
CAEL5035
The Art of Sound and Noise
6  
IDEA9106
Design Thinking
6  
LNGS7006
Cross-Cultural Communication
6
MECO6924
Television and Video Journalism
6 C MECO6900
MECO6925
Online Journalism
6
MECO6929
Chinese Media Studies in Global Contexts
6
MECO6939
Research Methods
6 C MECO6904
MECO6941
Podcasting
6  
USSC6919
Hollywood vs. Netflix
6  
WMST6903
Gender, Media and Consumer Societies
6